Number V. — The supplement is the most perfect account of visions extant. They explore the farthest recesses of the magical universe.

Number VI. — the Supplement gives seven rituals of the dramatic order, as described in Chapter XIX.

Pages 29-32 — A highly important magical ritual for daily use and work.

Number VII. — Pages 21-27 — Classical ritual to invoke Mercury; for daily use and work.

Pages 117-157 — Example of a dramatic ritual in modern style.

Pages 229-243 — An elaborate magical map of the universe on particular principles.

Pages 372-375 — Example of a seasonal ritual.

Pages 376-383 — Ritual to invoke Horus.

Number VIII. — Pages 99-128 — The conjuration of the elemental spirits.

Number IX. — Pages 117-136 — Ritual for invoking the spirit of Mars.

Number X. — Pages 57-79 — Modern example of a magical ritual in dramatic form, commemorating the return of Spring.

Pages 81-90 — Fragment of ritual of a very advanced character.

VOL. III.

No. I. — This volume contains an immense number of articles of primary importance to every student of magick.

The rituals of The Book of Lies and the Goetia are also to be studied. The “preliminary invocation” of the Goetia is in particular recommended for daily use and work.

Orpheus, by Aleister Crowley, contains a large number of magical invocations in verse. There are also a good many others in other parts of his poetical works.

The following is a complete curriculum of reading officially approved by the A∴ A∴

CURRICULUM OF A∴ A∴

COURSE I. GENERAL READING.

SECTION 1. — Books for Serious Study:

The Equinox. The standard Work of Reference in all occult matters. The Encyclopaedia of Initiation.

Collected Works of A. Crowley. These works contain many mystical and magical secrets, both stated clearly in prose, and woven into the robe of sublimest poesy.

The Yi King. (S.B.E. Series, Oxford University Press.) The “Classic of Changes”; gives the initiated Chinese system of Magick.

The Tao Teh King. (S.B.E. Series.) gives the initiated Chinese system of Mysticism.

Tannhauser, by A. Crowley. An allegorical drama concerning the Progress of the soul; the Tannhauser story slightly remodelled.

The Upanishads. (S.B.E. Series.) The Classical Basis of Vedantism, the best-known form of Hindu Mysticism.

The Bhagavad-Gita. A dialogue in which Krishna, the Hindu “Christ”, expounds a system of Attainment.

The Voice of the Silence, by H. P. Blavatsky, with an elaborate commentary by Frater O. M.

The Goetia. The most intelligible of the mediaeval rituals of Evocation. Contains also the favorite Invocation of the Master Therion.

The Shiva Sanhita. A famous Hindu treatise on certain physical practices.

The Hathayoga Pradipika. Similar to The Shiva Sanhita.

Erdmann's “History of Philosophy”. A compendious account of philosophy from the earliest times. Most valuable as a general education of the mind.

The Spiritual Guide of Molinos. A simple manual of Christian mysticism.

The Star of the West. (Captain Fuller.) An introduction to the study of the Works of Aleister Crowley.

The Dhammapada. (S.B.E. Series, Oxford University Press.) The best of the Buddhist classics.

The Questions of King Milinda. (S.B.E. Series.) Technical points of Buddhist dogma, illustrated by dialogues.

Varieties of Religious Experience. (James.) Valuable as showing the uniformity of mystical attainment.

Kabbala Denudata, von Rosenroth: also the Kabbalah Unveiled, by S. L. Mathers. The text of the Kabalah, with commentary. A good elementary introduction to the subject.

Konx om Pax. Four invaluable treatises and a preface on Mysticism and Magick.

The Pistis Sophia. An admirable introduction to the study of Gnosticism.

The Oracles of Zoroaster. An invaluable collection of precepts mystical and magical.

The Dream of Scipio, by Cicero. Excellent for its Vision and its Philosophy.

The Golden Verses of Pythagoras, by Fabre d'Olivet. An interesting study of the exoteric doctrines of this Master.

The Divine Pymander, by Hermes Trismegistus. Invaluable as bearing on the Gnostic Philosophy.

The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians, reprint of Franz Hartmann. An invaluable compendium.

Scrutinium Chymicum, by Michael Maier. One of the best treatises on alchemy.

Science and the Infinite, by Sidney Klein. One of the best essays written in recent years.

Two Essays of the Worship of Priapus, by Richard Payne Knight. Invaluable to all students.

The Golden Bough, by J. G. Frazer. The Text-Book of folk Lore. Invaluable to all students.

The Age of Reason, by Thomas Paine. Excellent, though elementary, as a corrective to superstition.

Rivers of Life, by General Forlong. An invaluable text-book of old systems of initiation.

Three Dialogues, by Bishop Berkeley. The Classic of subjective idealism.

Essays of David Hume. The Classic of Academic Scepticism.

First Principles, by Herbert Spencer. The Classic of Agnosticism.

Prolegomena, by Emanuel Kant. The best introduction to Metaphysics.

The Canon. The best text-book of Applied Qabalah.

The Fourth Dimension, by H. Hinton. The text-book on this subject.

The Essays of Thomas Henry Huxley. Masterpieces of philosophy, as of prose.

The object of this course of reading is to familiarize the student with all that has been said by the Great Masters in every time and country. He should make a critical examination of them; not so much with the idea of discovering where truth lies, for he cannot do this except by virtue of his own spiritual experience, but rather to discover the essential harmony in those varied works. He should be on his guard against partisanship with a favourite author. He should familiarize himself thoroughly with the method of mental equilibrium, endeavouring to contradict any statement soever, although it may be apparently axiomatic.

The general object of this course, besides that already stated, is to assure sound education in occult matters, so that when spiritual illumination comes it may find a well-built temple. Where the mind is strongly biased towards any special theory, the result of an illumination is often to inflame that portion of the mind which is thus overdeveloped, with the result that the aspirant, instead of becoming an Adept, becomes a bigot and fanatic.

The A∴ A∴ does not offer examination in this course, but recommends these books as the foundation of a library.

This course is of general value to the beginner. While it is not to be taken, in all cases, too seriously, it will give him a general familiarity with the mystical and magical tradition, create a deep interest in the subject, and suggest many helpful lines of thought.

It has been impossible to do more, in this list, than to suggest a fairly comprehensive course of reading.

SECTION 3. — Official publications of the A∴ A∴

Liber I.
Liber B vel Magi.

An account of the Grade of Magus, the highest grade which it is ever possible to manifest in any way whatever upon this plane. Or so it is said by the Masters of the Temple. Equinox VII, p. 5.

Liber II.

The Message of the Master Therion. Explains the Essence of the new law in a very simple manner. Equinox XI (Vol. III, No. 1), p. 39.

Liber III.
Liber Jugorum.

An instruction for the control of speech, action and thought. Equinox IV, p. 9 & Appendix VI of this book. Liber IV. ABA.

Instructions given for elementary study of the Qabalah, Assumption of God forms, vibration of Divine Names, the Rituals of Pentagram and Hexagram, and their uses in protection and invocation, a method of attaining astral visions so-called, and an instruction in the practice called Rising on the Planes. Equinox II, p. 11 and appendix VI in this book.

Being the Voluntary Emancipation of a certain exempt Adept from his Adeptship. These are the Birth Words of a Master of the Temple.
Its 7 chapters are referred to the 7 planets in the following order:
Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Sol, Mercury, Luna, Venus.

Liber VIII.

See CCCCXVIII.

Liber IX.
Liber E vel Exercitiorum.

Instructs the aspirant in the necessity of keeping a record. Suggests methods of testing physical clairvoyance. Gives instruction in Asana, Pranayama and Dharana, and advises the application of tests to the physical body, in order that the student may thoroughly understand his own limitations. Equinox I, p. 25 & Appendix VI of this Book.

Liber X.
Liber Porta Lucis.

An account of the sending forth of the Master Therion by the A∴ A∴ and an explanation of His mission. Equinox VI, p. 3.

Liber XI.
Liber NV.

An Instruction for attaining Nuit. Equinox VII, p. 11.

Liber XIII.
Graduum Montis Abiegni.

An account of the task of the Aspirant from Probationer to Adept. Equinox III, p. 3.

Liber XV.
Ecclesiae Gnosticae Catholicae Cannon Missae.

Represents the original and true pre-Christian Christianity. Equinox XI (vol. iii, part 1) And Appendix VI of this book.

Liber XVI.
Liber Turris vel Domus Dei.

An Instruction for attainment by the direct destruction of thoughts as they arise in the mind. Equinox VI, p. 9.

Liber XVII.
Liber I.A.O.

Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts. Unpublished. It is the active form of Liber CCCLXI.

Liber XXI.
The Classic of Purity, by Ko Hsuen.

A new translation from the Chinese by the Master Therion. Unpublished.

Liber XXV.
The Ritual of the Star Ruby.

An improved form of the lesser ritual of the Pentagram, Liber CCCXXXIII, The Book of Lies, pp. 34 & 35. Also Appendix VI of this book.

Liber XXVII.
Liber Trigrammaton, being a book of Trigrams of the Mutations of the Tao with the Yin and Yang.

An account of the cosmic process: corresponding to the stanzas of Dzyan in another system. Unpublished. [note by shawn: published in The Holy Books of Thelema (Equinox Volume III, Number 9).]

Liber XXX.
Liber Librae.

An elementary course of morality suitable for the average man. Equinox I, p. 17.

Liber XXXIII.

An account of A∴ A∴ first written in the Language of his period by the Councillor Von Eckartshausen and now revised and rewritten in the Universal Cipher. Equinox I, p. 4.

Liber XXXVI.
The Star Sapphire.

An improved ritual of the Hexagram. Liber CCCXXXIII (The Book of Lies), p.p. 46 & 7, and Appendix VI of this book.

Liber XLI.
Thien Tao.

An Essay on Attainment by the Way of Equilibrium.

Knox Om Pax, p. 52

Liber XLIV
The Mass of the Phoenix.

A Ritual of the Law. Liber CCCXXXIII (The Book of Lies), pp. 57-7, and Appendix VI in this book.

Liber XLVI.
The Key of the Mysteries.

A Translation of “La Clef des Grands Mysteres”, by Eliphas Levi. Specially adapted to the task of the Attainment of Bhakta-Yoga. Equinox X, Supplement.

Liber XLIX.
Shi Yi Chien.

An account of the divine perfection illustrated by the seven-fold permutation of the Dyad. Unpublished.

Liber LI.
The Lost Continent.

An account of the continent of Atlantis: the manners and customs, magical rites and opinions of its people, together with a true account of the catastrophe, so called, which ended in its disappearance. Unpublished.

Liber LV.
The Chymical Jousting of Brother Perardua with the seven Lances that he brake.

An account of the Magical and Mystic Path in the language of Alchemy. Equinox I, p. 88.

Liber LVIII.

An article on the Qabalah in Equinox V, p. 65.

Liber LIX.
Across the Gulf.

A fantastic account of a previous Incarnation. Its principal interest lies in the fact that its story of the overthrowing of Isis by Osiris may help the reader to understand the meaning of the overthrowing of Osiris by Horus in the present Aeon. Equinox VII, p. 293.

Liber LXI.
Liber Causae.

Explains the actual history and origin of the present movement. Its statements are accurate in the ordinary sense of the word. The object of the book is to discount Mythopeia. Equinox XI, p. 55.

Liber LXIV.
Liber Israfel, formerly called Anubis.

An instruction in a suitable method of preaching. Unpublished.

Liber LXV.
Liber Cordis Cincti Serpente.

An account of the relations of the Aspirant with his Holy Guardian Angel. Equinox XI (vol. iii, part 1), p. 65.

Liber LXVI.
Liber Stellae Rubeae.

A secret ritual, the Heart of IAO-OAI, delivered unto V.V.V.V.V. for his use in a certain matter of Liber Legis. See Liber CCCXXXIII (The Book of Lies), pp. 34-5. Also Appendix VI in this book.

This is the sequel to The Temple of Solomon the King, and is the Diary of a Magus. This book contains a detailed account of all the experiences passed through by the Master Therion in his attainment of this grade of Initiation, the highest possible to any manifested Man. Unpublished.

Liber LXXVIII.

A complete treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on all the planes. Part-published in Equinox VII, p.143.

Liber LXXXI.
The Butterfly Net.

An account of a magical operation, particularly concerning the planet Luna, written in the form of a novel. Published under the title “Moon-child” by the Mandrake Press, 41, Museum St., London, W.C.1.

Liber LXXXIV.
Vel Chanokh.

A brief abstraction of the Symbolic representation of the Universe derived by Dr. John Dee through the Scrying of Sir Edward Kelly. Part-published in Equinox VII, p. 229 & VIII, p. 99.

Liber XC.
Tzaddi vel Hamus Hermeticus.

An account of Initiation, and an indication as to those who are suitable for the same. Equinox VI, p. 17.

Liber XCV.
The Wake-World.

A poetical allegory of the relations of the soul and the Holy Guardian Angel. Konx Om Pax, p. 1.

Liber XCVI.
Liber Gaias.

A Handbook of Geomancy. Equinox II, p. 137.

Liber CVI.
A Treatise on the Nature of Death, and the proper attitude to be taken towards it.

Published in “The International”, New York, 1917.

Liber CXI (Aleph).
The Book of Wisdom or Folly.

An extended and elaborate commentary on the Book of the Law, in the form of a letter from the Master Therion to his magical son. Contains some of the deepest secrets of initiation, with a clear solution of many cosmic and ethical problems. Unpublished. [note by shawn: Since published as Liber Aleph (Equinox Volume III, Number 6).]

Liber CL.
De Lege Libellum.

A further explanation of the Book of the Law, with special reference to the Powers and Privileges conferred by its acceptance.

Equinox III, part 1, p. 99.

Liber CLVI.
Liber Cheth, vel Vallum Abiegni.

A perfect account of the task of the Exempt Adept considered under the symbols of a particular plane, not the intellectual. Equinox VI, p. 23.

Liber CLVII.
The Tao Teh King.

A new translation, with a commentary, by the Master Therion. Unpublished.

Liber CLXV.
A Master of the Temple, Being an account of the attainment of Frater Unus In Omnibus.

The record of a man who actually attained by the system taught by the A∴ A∴ Part-published in Equinox III, I, p. 127.

Liber CLXXV.
Astarte vel Liber Berylli.

An instruction in attainment by the method of devotion, or Bhakta-Yogi. Equinox VII, p. 37.

Liber CLXXXV.
Liber Collegii Sancti.

Being the tasks of the Grades and their Oaths proper to Liber XIII. This is the official paper of the various grades. It includes the Task and Oath of a Probationer. Unpublished. [note by shawn: Since released in Gems from the Equinox, Israel Regardie, ed.]

Liber CXCVII.
The High History of Good Sir Palamedes the Saracen Knight and of his following of the Questing Beast.

A poetic account of the Great Work and enumeration of many obstacles. Equinox IV, Special Supplement.

Liber CC.
Resh vel Helios.

An instruction for the adoration of the Sun four times daily, with the object of composing the mind to meditation, and of regularising the practices. Equinox VI, p. 29.

Liber CCVI.
Liber RU vel Spiritus.

Full instruction in Pranayama. Equinox VII, p. 59.

Liber CCVII.
Syllabus. An enumeration of the Official publications of A∴ A∴ with a brief description of the contents of each book. Equinox XI (vol. iii part 1), p. 11. This appendix is extracted therefrom.

Liber CCXX (L vel Legis).
The Book of the Law, which is the foundation of the whole work. Text in Equinox X, p. 9. Short commentary in Equinox VII, p. 378. Full commentary by the Master Therion through whom it was given to the world, will be published shortly.

Liber CCXVI.
The Yi King.

A new translation, with a commentary by the Master Therion. Unpublished.

An account of the cosmic process so far as it is indicated by the Tarot Trumps. Equinox VII, p. 69.

Liber CCXLII. AHA!

An exposition in poetic language of several of the ways of attainment and the results obtained. Equinox III, p. 9

Liber CCLXV.
The Structure of the Mind.

A Treatise on psychology from the mystic an magical standpoint. Its study will help the aspirant to make a detailed scientific analysis of his mind, and so learn to control it. Unpublished.

Liber CCC. Khabs am Pekht.

A special instruction for the Promulgation of the Law. This is the first and most important duty of every Aspirant of whatever grade. It builds up in him the character and Karma which forms the Spine of Attainment. Equinox III, I, p. 171

Liber CCCXXXIII.
The Book of Lies falsely so-called.

Deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. It is an official publication for Babes of the Abyss, but is recommended even to beginners as highly suggestive. Published.

Liber CCCXXXV. Adonis.

An account in poetic language of the struggle of the human and divine elements in the consciousness of man, giving their harmony following on the victory of the latter. Equinox VII, p. 117.

Liber CCCLXI.
Liber H.H.H.

Gives three methods of attainment through a willed series of thoughts.

Liber CCCLXV, vel CXX.
The Preliminary Invocation of the Goetia so-called, with a complete explanation of the barbarous names of evocation used therein, and the secret rubric of the ritual, by the Master Therion. This is the most potent invocation extant, and was used by the Master Himself in his attainment. See p. 265 of this book.

Liber CD.
Liber TAU vel Kabbalae Truium Literarum sub figura CD.

A graphic interpretation of the Tarot on the plane of initiation. Equinox VII, p. 75.

Liber CCCCXII.
A vel Armorum.

An instruction for the preparation of the elemental Instruments. Equinox IV, p. 15.

Liber CCCCXVIII.
Liber XXX AERUM vel Saeculi.

Being of the Angels of the Thirty Aethyrs, the Vision and the Voice. Besides being the classical account of the thirty Aethyrs and a model of all visions, the cries of the Angels should be regarded as accurate, and the doctrine of the function of the Great White Brotherhood understood as the foundation of the Aspiration of the Adept. The account of the Master of the Temple should in particular be taken as authentic. Equinox V, Special Supplement.

Liber CDLXXIV. Os Abysmi vel Da'ath.

An instruction in a purely intellectual method of entering the Abyss. Equinox VII, p. 77.

Liber D. Sepher Sephiroth.

A dictionary of Hebrew words arranged according to their numerical value. This is an Encyclopaedia of the Holy Qabalah, which is a Map of the Universe, and enables man to attain Perfect Understanding. Equinox VIII, Special Supplement.

Liber DXXXVI.
A complete Treatise on Astrology.

This is the only text book on astrology composed on scientific lines by classifying observed facts instead of deducting from a priori theories. Unpublished.

Liber DXXXVI.
BATRACHOPHRENOBOOKOSMOMACHIA.

An instruction in expansion of the field of the mind. Equinox X, p. 35.

A complete Dictionary of the Correspondences of all magical elements, reprinted with extensive additions, making it the only standard comprehensive book of reference ever published. It is to the language of Occultism what Webster or Murray is to the English Language. The reprint with additions will shortly be published.

Liber DCCCXI.
Energised Enthusiasm.

Specially adapted to the task of Attainment of Control of the Body of Light, development of Intuition and Hathayoga. Equinox IX, p. 17.

Liber DCCCXIII.
vel ARARITA.

An account of the Hexagram and the method of reducing it to the Unity, and Beyond. Unpublished.

Liber DCCCXXXI.

Liber IOD, formerly called VESTA.

An instruction giving three methods of reducing the manifold consciousness to the Unity. Adapted to facilitate the task of the Attainment of Raja-Yoga and of the Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel. Equinox VII, p. 101.

Liber DCCCXXXVII.
The Law of Liberty. This is a further explanation of the Book of the Law in reference to certain Ethical problems. Equinox XI (vol. III, No. 1), p. 45.

Liber DCCCLX.
John St. John.

The Record of the Magical Retirement of G. H. Frater O∴ M∴ A model of what a magical record should be, so far as accurate analysis and fullness of description are concerned. Equinox I, Supplement.

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